Sunday, October 27, 2019

$20M IN DAMAGES TO INMATES, $1.12M TO LAWYERS

   The federal government has been ordered to pay $1.12 million in legal fees for a segregation class action in a judgment critical of Ottawa’s arguments for paying less.
   The fee award comes in a class action involving the placement of inmates in administrative solitary confinement.
   In August, Superior Court Justice Paul Perell awarded the thousands of class members $20 million in damages, with the right of individual complainants to push for higher amounts depending on their circumstances.

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